EVGA X99 Micro Motherboard Review: Haswell-E And MicroATX

[RedJaron]

Tons of keyboards, mice and other low-speed input peripherals are still USB 1.0/1.1 and I doubt this will change any time soon since USB 1.x is already overkill for those.

I agree it is funny to see people ranting about not all ports being USB3 when the majority of devices people will connect to their PC might not even be USB2 so they would just end up wasting USB3 ports on USB1/2 devices anyway.

But I have a super-mega-elite keyboard and mouse combo with a .005ms polling response time and they absolutely NEED those USB 3.0 ports!!!!!

 

[Samer1970]

I'm really interested in high performance, small footprint mATX and mITX builds, and it's great to see motherboard manufacturers like EVGA embracing the concept, and this is one area where Intel wins hands down and AMD lacks in. Before AMD fanboys jump on this comment, name me one mITX motherboard that supports socket AM3+ with 990FX chipset, you can't do it, can you?

My next build will definitely be a high performance, low profile mATX rig. I'm hoping to use the Aerocool Cube 3 DS case and this motherboard.

Shuttle made a mini itx X79 Barebone ...

I am waiting for their new X99 one.

link : http://us.shuttle.com/barebone/Models/SX79R5.html

Actually , if you dont bother with DDR4 , you can buy the shuttle and take out the motherboard and use it in the case you like.

 

[loosescrews]

no way to get an x99 product with this ddr4 insane price.

Just about everything about LGA2011(-3) comes with insane prices anyway when compared against mainstream sockets. At least some 4x4GB DDR4 kits have already gone down by about $100 since Haswell-E's introduction.

I have observed the opposite. The kits I am interested in have actually increased in price by around $100 since Haswell-E's introduction.

 

[tabascosauz]

This board's price is ridiculous. ASRock has two Micro-ATX boards, both of which have PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2. This board has neither Sata Express nor M.2 SSD capability (1 slot, but only big enough for a wifi card), and retails for that insane price. This thing might cling tight to the EVGA reputation of good overclocking, but it doesn't have sh*t for features, looks like a piece of sh*t compared to every other X99 board, and will only cost you a fortune.

 

[Crashman]

Shuttle made a mini itx X79 Barebone ...

I am waiting for their new X99 one.

link : http://us.shuttle.com/barebone/Models/SX79R5.html

Actually , if you dont bother with DDR4 , you can buy the shuttle and take out the motherboard and use it in the case you like.

Shuttle's SFF is NOT Mini ITX. AMD designed DTX based on Shuttle SFF. Look at how deep the board is from front to back. Look at how many expansion slots it has. DTX is 2.9" deeper and 1.3" "wider" than mini ITX, as it should be.

AMD was right, consumers were wrong, and Shuttle does whatever is best for Shuttle. The only good to come of AMD's efforts were that mini ITX guys got DTX cases to hold their long, double-slot graphics cards.

 

[Samer1970]

Shuttle made a mini itx X79 Barebone ...

I am waiting for their new X99 one.

link : http://us.shuttle.com/barebone/Models/SX79R5.html

Actually , if you dont bother with DDR4 , you can buy the shuttle and take out the motherboard and use it in the case you like.

Shuttle's SFF is NOT Mini ITX. AMD designed DTX based on Shuttle SFF. Look at how deep the board is from front to back. Look at how many expansion slots it has. DTX is 2.9" deeper and 1.3" "wider" than mini ITX, as it should be.

AMD was right, consumers were wrong, and Shuttle does whatever is best for Shuttle. The only good to come of AMD's efforts were that mini ITX guys got DTX cases to hold their long, double-slot graphics cards.

well lets demand DTX from all Asus , Asrock and others ? why do they stick with ITX ? anyways DTX fits in most ITX 2 slots cases !!! even if the DTX is little longer , all ITX cases are designed to take long VGA cards so it will fit ... and I am waiting for shuttle to release X99 and will get one !!!

How about you write about it ? lets make an Article Demanding all companies to ignore mini ITX and go for DTX ? you know even Z97 needs four dimms for 32G !!!

Do it ! Write about it .. make them wake up and start going DTX !!! will fit in most cases. most have 2 slots.

DO IT ! Make them wake up . it is better even for normal Haswel ..

 

[Crashman]

Shuttle's SFF is NOT Mini ITX. AMD designed DTX based on Shuttle SFF. Look at how deep the board is from front to back. Look at how many expansion slots it has. DTX is 2.9" deeper and 1.3" "wider" than mini ITX, as it should be.

AMD was right, consumers were wrong, and Shuttle does whatever is best for Shuttle. The only good to come of AMD's efforts were that mini ITX guys got DTX cases to hold their long, double-slot graphics cards.

well lets demand DTX from all Asus , Asrock and others ? why do they stick with itx ? anyways DTX fits in most ITX 2 slots cases !!! even if deeper , the cases are designed to take long VGA cards anyways so they will take DTX length too . ... and I am waiting for shuttle to release X99 and will get one !!!

How about you write about it ? lets make an Article Demanding all companies to ignore mini ITX and go for DTX ? you know even Z97 needs four dimms for 32G !!!

Do it ! Write about it .. make them wake up and start going DTX !!! will fit in most cases. most have 2 slots.

DO IT ! Make them wake up . it is better even for normal Haswel ..

The market (that's some of you guys) resisted DTX, and it's probably too late to get a manufacturer to take it seriously now. Maybe EVGA? You're right, there are a bunch of DTX cases being sold as ITX, and some DTX cases were "revised" to ITX by adding more hard drive bays where the front of the board would have been.

I think your best bet, if you want more DIMMs in the DTX-capable cases we already have, is to pressure a smaller company to produce it. I can't do that, it would be abuse of discretion. But you can

 

[Samer1970]

Shuttle's SFF is NOT Mini ITX. AMD designed DTX based on Shuttle SFF. Look at how deep the board is from front to back. Look at how many expansion slots it has. DTX is 2.9" deeper and 1.3" "wider" than mini ITX, as it should be.

AMD was right, consumers were wrong, and Shuttle does whatever is best for Shuttle. The only good to come of AMD's efforts were that mini ITX guys got DTX cases to hold their long, double-slot graphics cards.

well lets demand DTX from all Asus , Asrock and others ? why do they stick with itx ? anyways DTX fits in most ITX 2 slots cases !!! even if deeper , the cases are designed to take long VGA cards anyways so they will take DTX length too . ... and I am waiting for shuttle to release X99 and will get one !!!

How about you write about it ? lets make an Article Demanding all companies to ignore mini ITX and go for DTX ? you know even Z97 needs four dimms for 32G !!!

Do it ! Write about it .. make them wake up and start going DTX !!! will fit in most cases. most have 2 slots.

DO IT ! Make them wake up . it is better even for normal Haswel ..

The market (that's some of you guys) resisted DTX, and it's probably too late to get a manufacturer to take it seriously now. Maybe EVGA? You're right, there are a bunch of DTX cases being sold as ITX, and some DTX cases were "revised" to ITX by adding more hard drive bays where the front of the board would have been.

I think your best bet, if you want more DIMMs in the DTX-capable cases we already have, is to pressure a smaller company to produce it. I can't do that, it would be abuse of discretion. But you can

I tried to contact Asus and others R&D but I failed to find any emails. can you help me ? I never insisted on ITX , I always used shuttles since the first models even my first P4 HT was shuttle., and if I did not like the case I just take the motherboard out and put it in another better water cooled tiny case.
for some reason all the companies refused to give me important email addresses. and they dont publish it. and they dont care to reply , yea today Asus is so huge they dont care , I remember 20 years ago they used to reply to everyone and to any email.

I did some Area calculations on the ITX , if they use SO-DIMM , and the power on Riser card , it is possible to make 4 dimms ITX , but I guess no one will be buying them , most want to overclock the thing.

Edit: how about you REVIEW one of the Shuttles and mention it in the review ? indirect hinting ?

Review this shuttle http://global.shuttle.com/products/productsDetail?productId=1855

and mention the need of DTX motherboards and that they are better.

and by the way , it was INTEL and not the consumers who made the choice about mini ITX and forced it on the market.

 

[Crashman]

Shuttle's SFF is NOT Mini ITX. AMD designed DTX based on Shuttle SFF.

How about you write about it ? lets make an Article Demanding all companies to ignore mini ITX and go for DTX ? you know even Z97 needs four dimms for 32G !!!

I think your best bet, if you want more DIMMs in the DTX-capable cases we already have, is to pressure a smaller company to produce it.

I tried to contact Asus and others R&D but I failed to find any emails. can you help me ?

Like I was saying, a company like EVGA that can make a profit at low volume would be your best bet. And I'm pretty sure they troll their own forums

 

[WyomingKnott]

It just may be my lack of competence, but I find it harder to cool a smaller enclosure quietly. And quiet is important to me.

 

[Lutfij]

I've been reading and viewing the reviews for the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv and would probably refer that to people looking for cooling inside compact enclosures...without reverting to AIO or proper watercooling.

 

[Samer1970]

It just may be my lack of competence, but I find it harder to cool a smaller enclosure quietly. And quiet is important to me.

Water Cooling .. and only Water cooling for Compact Powerful PC . whisper quiet.

 

[J Truman Ostler]

I just say I bought a cipp for this platform it would not be for this tidy litle board

 

[ocer9999]

how does this compare with the Asrock X99M killer?

 

[xLendary]

apparently the X99M Killer packs lots of specs! Just seen their newegg feedback, nothing really bad to point.

 

[Crashman]

how does this compare with the Asrock X99M killer?

apparently the X99M Killer packs lots of specs! Just seen their newegg feedback, nothing really bad to point.

Killer is a nice board, you'll see it in the near future.

 

[Lutfij]

^ Now that would be worth stocking some pop corn over

 

[Samer1970]

how does this compare with the Asrock X99M killer?

apparently the X99M Killer packs lots of specs! Just seen their newegg feedback, nothing really bad to point.

Killer is a nice board, you'll see it in the near future.

I guess ocer9999 and xLendary Just won the review Board you have promised them ...

 

[klrman]

I just built a miniITX system with SSD that is so fast that I'm good for 10 years+ and the whole thing cost me peanuts. I can see pro's needing the LGA 2011 but for the rest of us I guess it's good reading more than anything else.

 

[bishr]

i am definitely getting the evga board specifically because it finally dumped the horrid ps/2 port! thank u so much evga, i have already tried your board and they r surely very high quality.